Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

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The State Farm Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament, commonly called Arch Madness, is an annual basketball tournament which features the men's basketball teams of each of the Missouri Valley Conference member universities. The tournament, held in St. Louis since 1991, determines which MVC team receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. Arch Madness celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2020.

SportCollege basketball
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Number of teams11
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
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Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
SportCollege basketball
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Number of teams11
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumEnterprise Center
Current locationSt. Louis, Missouri
Played1977–present
Last contest2025
Current championNorthern Iowa
Most championshipsCreighton (12)
Official websiteMissouri Valley Conference
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The tournament is the second longest running tournament in NCAA Division I to continuously be held in one city, next to the Big East men's basketball tournament.[a]

Tournament champions by year

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Year Champion Score Runner-up Tournament MVP Location
1977 Southern Illinois 82–69 West Texas State None Selected Henry Levitt Arena
(Wichita, Kansas)
1978 Creighton 54–52 Indiana State Omaha Civic Auditorium
(Omaha, Nebraska)
1979 Indiana State 69–59 New Mexico State Hulman Center
(Terre Haute, Indiana)
1980 Bradley 62–59 West Texas State Robertson Memorial Field House
(Peoria, Illinois)
1981 Creighton 70–64 Wichita State Henry Levitt Arena
(Wichita, Kansas)
1982 Tulsa 90–77 Illinois State Tulsa Convention Center
(Tulsa, Oklahoma)
1983 Illinois State 84–64 Tulsa Horton Fieldhouse
(Normal, Illinois)
1984 Tulsa 70–68 OT Creighton Tulsa Convention Center
(Tulsa, Oklahoma)
1985 Wichita State 84–82 Tulsa
1986 Tulsa 74–58 Bradley Brian Rahilly, Tulsa
1987 Wichita State 79–74 OT Tulsa Gary Cundiff, Wichita State
1988 Bradley 83–59 Illinois State Hersey Hawkins, Bradley Carver Arena
(Peoria, Illinois)
1989 Creighton 79–77 Southern Illinois Chad Gallagher, Creighton Henry Levitt Arena
(Wichita, Kansas)
1990 Illinois State 81–78 Southern Illinois Rickey Jackson, Illinois State Redbird Arena
(Normal, Illinois)
1991 Creighton 68–52 Southwest Missouri State Bob Harstad, Creighton Kiel Auditorium
(St. Louis, Missouri)
1992 Southwest Missouri State 71–68 Tulsa Jackie Crawford, Southwest Missouri State St. Louis Arena
(St. Louis, Missouri)
1993 Southern Illinois 70–59 Illinois State Ashraf Amaya, Southern Illinois
1994 Southern Illinois 77–74 Northern Iowa Cam Johnson, Northern Iowa
1995 Southern Illinois 77–62 Tulsa Chris Carr, Southern Illinois Kiel Center/
Savvis Center/
Scottrade Center/
Enterprise Center
(St. Louis, Missouri)
1996 Tulsa 60–46 Bradley Shea Seals, Tulsa
1997 Illinois State 75–72 Southwest Missouri State Rico Hill, Illinois State
1998 Illinois State 84–74 Southwest Missouri State Dan Muller, Illinois State
1999 Creighton 70–61 Evansville Rodney Buford, Creighton
2000 Creighton 57–45 Southwest Missouri State Ryan Sears, Creighton
2001 Indiana State 69–63 Bradley Michael Menser, Indiana State
2002 Creighton 84–76 Southern Illinois Kyle Korver, Creighton
2003 Creighton 80–56 Southern Illinois
2004 Northern Iowa 79–74 2OT Southwest Missouri State Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa
2005 Creighton 75–57 Southwest Missouri State Johnny Mathies, Creighton
2006 Southern Illinois 59–46 Bradley Randal Falker, Southern Illinois
2007 Creighton 67–61 Southern Illinois Nate Funk, Creighton
2008 Drake 79–49 Illinois State Adam Emmenecker, Drake
2009 Northern Iowa 60–57 OT Illinois State Osiris Eldridge, Illinois State
2010 Northern Iowa 67–52 Wichita State Kwadzo Ahelegbe, Northern Iowa
2011 Indiana State 60–56 Missouri State Jermaine Mallett, Missouri State
2012 Creighton 83–79 OT Illinois State Doug McDermott, Creighton
2013 Creighton 68–65 Wichita State
2014 Wichita State 83–69 Indiana State Tekele Cotton, Wichita State
2015 Northern Iowa 69–60 Illinois State Seth Tuttle, Northern Iowa
2016 Northern Iowa 56–54 Evansville Wes Washpun, Northern Iowa
2017 Wichita State 71–51 Illinois State Conner Frankamp, Wichita State
2018 Loyola Chicago 65–49 Illinois State Donte Ingram, Loyola Chicago
2019 Bradley 57–54 Northern Iowa Elijah Childs, Bradley
2020 Bradley 80–66 Valparaiso Darrell Brown, Bradley
2021 Loyola Chicago 75–65 Drake Cameron Krutwig, Loyola Chicago
2022 Loyola Chicago 64–58 Drake Lucas Williamson, Loyola Chicago
2023 Drake 77–51 Bradley Tucker DeVries, Drake
2024 Drake 84–80 Indiana State
2025 Drake 63–48 Bradley Bennett Stirtz, Drake
2026 Northern Iowa 84–69 UIC Trey Campbell, Northern Iowa
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Team notes: West Texas State is now known as West Texas A&M (effective 1990);
Missouri State was known as Southwest Missouri State until 2005.

Venue notes: Enterprise Center was known as Kiel Center (1994–2000), Savvis Center (2000–06), and Scottrade Center (2006–18).

Tournament championships by school

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